Microsoft knows that reliable software is not cost effective. According to studies, 90% to 95% of all bugs are harmless. They're never discovered by users, and they don't affect performance. It's much cheaper to release buggy software and fix the 5% to 10% of bugs people find and complain about.
Bruce SchneierTechnical problems can be remediated. A dishonest corporate culture is much harder to fix.
Bruce SchneierIf the FBI parks a van bristling with cameras outside your house, you are justified in closing your blinds.
Bruce SchneierSocieties without a reservoir of people who don't follow the rules lack an important mechanism for societal evolution. Vibrant societies need a dishonest minority; if society makes its dishonest minority too small, it stifles dissent as well as common crime.
Bruce SchneierAnd honestly, if anyone thinks they can get an accurate picture of anyplace on the planet by reading news reports, they're sadly mistaken.
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